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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We really wanted to do this series - and are so grateful that THE expert on copwatching Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social made time for such an informative conversation.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

So, this is in print now. Title pretty much says it all. virginialawreview.org/articles/abo...

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Abolish Conspiracy, by me, now in the Virginia Law Review

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

New must read @lpeblog.bsky.social post on the Prairieland trial and its implications for the criminalization of left politics & protest:

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Professors @sonofdavid.bsky.social and @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social encourage scholars to look to bottom-up sources of knowledge for a richer understanding of the relationships between law, politics, economics, and the material world.

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

For years, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social & I have been frustrated with what we call the Part IV Problem in legal scholarship, the expectation of neat & feasible prescriptions to end pieces. Our frustrations are heightened in this moment of authoritarianism, as we wrote today at @lpeblog.bsky.social:

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Outlaw Podcast @outlawpod.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

NEW EPISODE 🚨 ANTI-REPRESSION 101: Tune in to hear @deanspade.bsky.social @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social @azohra.bsky.social discuss why the way we talk about political repression matters and five questions everyone should consider to avoid common anti-solidarity traps.

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Cultivating Solidarity When Responding to Political Repression with Dean, Zohra, and Jocelyn

Podcast Episode · Outlaw · 10/29/2025 · 1h 1m

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Join us at @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social Weds 9/17 @ 6pm for a @bkbookfest.bsky.social Bookends panel on NO COP CITY, NO COP WORLD @haymarketbooks.org, w/@micahh.bsky.social @kamaufranklin.bsky.social, Priscilla Grim, Mariah Parker, & free food&drink! RSVP: registration.brooklaw.edu/academic-eve...

Book Talk: No Cop City, No Cop World, with info about the event on 9/17 6pm-7:30pm at Brooklyn Law School, and image of the book cover

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Jon Hanson @thesituationist.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

📣 📣CONFERENCE ALERT: "Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice" For justice-oriented law folks hoping to resist Trump 2.0 and help imagine and work for a better world. BREAKING: Draft schedule is up, and registration is open. Space is limited. Learn more at facingthefuture.net!

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2025 Conference: Facing the Future: Organizing and Lawyering for Justice - Harvard Law School | Systemic Justice Project

The 2025 Justice Conference on Facing the Future – Organizing and Lawyering for Justice…

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NDN Collective @ndncollective.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

🚨BREAKING🚨 Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Join us tomorrow at 5pm at Brooklyn Law School, organized by the BLS student LPE Collective:

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Grateful to Jessica Eaglin for this Jotwell review of my book Radical Acts of Justice, highlighting an expansive idea of what it means to "do" Criminal Law: 🙏

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Today, Premal Dharia concludes our symposium on @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social's *Radical Acts of Justice,* by discussing a crisis of purpose in public defense - whose workers must contend with the reality that a better world may obviate the need for their labor.

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A Crisis of Purpose in Public Defense

That public defense is in a state of crisis is far from controversial. Crushing caseloads and rampant underfunding have created untenable working conditions under which even the most well-meaning…

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Thank you @evanbernick.bsky.social for this generous & provocative engagement with my book. I love both of your points, but especially want to engage more with you about the idea - and necessity - of violence in movement struggles!

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

I am excited that this piece, co-authored with John Legend, is out in the world - we write about the new wave of repressive laws aimed at bail funds and collective care:

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Excited to have Radical Acts of Justice included among this company!

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

@jocelynsimonson.bsky.social writes at @inquest.bsky.social that “although law and legal battles run through both [Sharlyn Grace and Micah Herskind’s] descriptions of long-term struggle, law is not at the heart of their stories: + inquest.org/keeping-each-other-safe

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Keeping Each Other Safe | Jocelyn Simonson | INQUEST

Acting within the criminal legal system cannot be the solution, on its own, to the existence of the carceral state.

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Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Hi Bluesky! I am still learning how this place works, but the in the meantime... I wrote a book! It's out today, and I'm really excited to be in conversation with people I admire at these events (w/more to come). Please join, & learn more here - thenewpress.com/books/radical-acts-…

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